tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post115854148648098604..comments2023-10-04T05:42:58.799-05:00Comments on Half Empty: Raising the Bar: Texas SBOE Increases High School Graduation RequirementsHalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-1158642175283413492006-09-19T00:02:00.000-05:002006-09-19T00:02:00.000-05:00Too much of that is going on. There is a loss of s...Too much of that is going on. There is a loss of sight on how we Americans do this and have done it in the past. What has made America great is our flexiblity and can do attitude. <BR/><BR/>This is antithetical to what we are being driven toward: earlier and earlier decisions on what a person shall do with their life. <BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right, Susan. High School is for exploration and finding out what you can do, not for assuming what you will do and sticking to it for 26 units.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately they gave themselves 5 years to find out what utter idiocy this amounts to.<BR/><BR/>Good call, Susan.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-1158623656801284382006-09-18T18:54:00.000-05:002006-09-18T18:54:00.000-05:00Whatever happened to high school being a time to t...Whatever happened to high school being a time to try electives - choir, newspaper, speech, band, art, ....<BR/><BR/>What ever happened to high school being a time to find your interest and your love? I hate what we're doing to kids.<BR/><BR/>There'as some members of the State Board of Education who would roll a ball off a lab table and annouce that Jesus made it fall because Jesus doesn't like balls as much as He does birds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-1158585128650305822006-09-18T08:12:00.000-05:002006-09-18T08:12:00.000-05:00There are already 2 tracks defined in most distric...There are already 2 tracks defined in most districts: Advanced and Honors. If a district offers 3 tracks, physics is generally not offered in the lowest track. AP replaces Honors when it is taught as a 1st year course (about 80% of the time). Less than serious students generally take physics at the advanced level. <BR/><BR/>After 2012, I suspect that a 3rd level will have to be introduced for the less than less than serious students: a non-math-based "Conceptual Physics" course.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691384412216558403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30340112.post-1158580037652119992006-09-18T06:47:00.000-05:002006-09-18T06:47:00.000-05:00Do you think it will just define the tracks furthe...Do you think it will just define the tracks further - AP Physics (for serious science students) and Physics (for the masses)?musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301119235187836585noreply@blogger.com